Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen and the other young disciples entered the Heavenly Dream Ancient Land after learning that only those under twenty-four could pass through its gate unharmed. The disciples scattered upon entry, and Ye Chen arrived alone in a vast swamp.

• Lin Yue and Wei Dongshe arrived and mocked the other gathered disciples, while Zhuang Fei told his companions to kill Wei Dongshe inside the ancient land.
• Ye Chen spent the night cultivating, and more sects arrived the next day, including Yuan Xuemei and the Duanmu Family.
• The Grand Elder explained that spatial storage rings would be destroyed inside the ancient land, so the four Flowing Cloud Sect disciples handed theirs over.
• Two mid-stage Primal Origin Realm martial artists tried to enter but were burned to ash because their bone ages exceeded the limit of twenty-four.
• Jiu Wuxue and the other experts entered, followed by hundreds of disciples; Purple Sun Sect elders ordered Ouyang Lie and Ouyang Ming to target Flowing Cloud Sect, especially Ye Chen.
• Ye Chen entered the gate behind Xu Jing and was transported to an enormous swamp filled with bubbling marshes, ancient trees, and faint hissing sounds.

Ye Chen explored the Heavenly Dream Ancient Land swamp, collecting rare herbs and a Low-Grade Treasure Spear while fighting powerful Ancient Demon Beasts and hostile sect disciples. After killing five disciples who tried to steal the spear, he faced Qiu Heng, a former Hidden Dragon Rankings contender, and killed him with one sword strike.

• Ye Chen collected Golden Top Silver Snake Grass, killed a crocodile Demonic Beast, and fought off strange birds and other Ancient Demon Beasts in the swamp.
• Ye Chen discovered a Low-Grade Treasure Spear embedded beside a shattered stone stele and pulled it free, releasing crimson flames.
• Five sect disciples surrounded Ye Chen to seize the spear, but he killed all five with it.
• Qiu Heng appeared and demanded Ye Chen surrender an arm and the spear, boasting of his strength and former Hidden Dragon Rankings standing.
• Ye Chen drew the Cloudshadow Sword and killed Qiu Heng with a single slash.

Ye Chen discovered a hidden entrance to the Heavenly Dream Ancient Land’s treasure vault and followed a passage to a hall where sect disciples fought over three doors. As they turned on him, an Early Primal Origin Realm martial artist arrived and unleashed a devastating fist.

• Ye Chen left Qiu Heng’s corpse in the swamp, where insects devoured it, while Jiu Wuxue and Yuan Hengying slaughtered other disciples elsewhere in the ancient land.
• Ye Chen reached a seemingly impassable cliff, jumped into the abyss, and was pulled through a vortex onto solid ground inside a hidden stone corridor.
• Ye Chen followed the corridor into a lit hall with three carved doors, where sect disciples were fighting over access.
• The disciples recognized Ye Chen as a Flowing Cloud Sect member and moved to attack him.
• An enormous Qi fist burst from the side passage, killed nearly half the fighters, and smashed a pillar in the hall.

Ye Chen faced Lin Yue in the ancient tomb hall and proved his Sword Intent was strong enough to earn a share of the three sealed rooms. After the Demon Prince Yin Wuqing joined them and they entered separate rooms, Ye Chen found a black coffin as a fierce battle erupted nearby and the coffin began to open.

• Lin Yue killed or wounded the disciples in the hall, but Ye Chen stayed and accepted his challenge rather than flee.
• Ye Chen used Sword Intent to meet Lin Yue's punch, and Lin Yue agreed not to make things difficult for him.
• Lin Yue recognized Yin Wuqing, the Demon Prince ranked forty-fifth on the Hidden Dragon Rankings, and explained the power of his Earth Demon Body Tempering Technique.
• Lin Yue and Yin Wuqing broke through the barriers on their chosen doors, while Ye Chen pierced his barrier with three sword strikes.
• Ye Chen entered his room and found a black coffin; a battle roared from Lin Yue's room as the coffin lid shifted and green lights shone through its crack.

Ye Chen, Lin Yue, and Yin Wuqing fought three Level 5 Martial Corpses in an ancient hall, learning that the corpses could grow stronger by feeding on flesh and blood. The battle continued as Ye Chen used Mountain-Forming Sword Qi to pin one Martial Corpse against a wall and steadily wear down its defenses.

• Ye Chen severed the green light’s influence, then fought a Martial Corpse that resisted his Sword Qi and forced him out of its room.
• Yin Wuqing explained how Martial Corpses formed and warned that their wounds could spread Corpse Poison; Lin Yue and Yin Wuqing each suppressed one of the creatures.
• Ye Chen struck a third Martial Corpse with Soaring Cloud Infinity, but it survived, and Lin Yue detonated his True Qi cauldron to throw another corpse away.
• The Martial Corpses fed on dead disciples, prompting Yin Wuqing and Lin Yue to attack before the creatures could regain strength by eating.
• Ye Chen used Mountain-Forming Sword Qi to pin a Martial Corpse against the wall and repeatedly slash it, impressing Lin Yue and Yin Wuqing.

Ye Chen discovered that his flame-infused iron spear could quickly destroy Martial Corpses, then parted ways with Lin Yue and Yin Wuqing to explore the tomb alone. After fighting off the tomb’s monkey-shaped zombies, he opened a secret chamber and found several Earth-grade martial arts manuals.

• Ye Chen pinned a wounded Martial Corpse with his flaming spear, while Lin Yue fed it Bursting Pills and Yin Wuqing attacked it with his Gold-Splitting Gloves; Ye Chen then destroyed it with an explosion.
• Ye Chen left Lin Yue and Yin Wuqing, who discussed the gathering geniuses and the dangers surrounding the Hidden Dragon Rankings.
• Ye Chen traveled through passages filled with dead disciples and encountered several monkey-shaped zombies near a stone gate.
• Ye Chen used his iron spear and flames to kill a larger zombie that burst from a wall relief, then opened the stone gate.
• Ye Chen entered a secret chamber and found manuals including Blazing Sun Heart-Tearing Claw and Mystic Yin Finger.

Ye Chen escaped the tomb and rescued Luo Hanshan from Yuan Hengkong and two accomplices, killing all three with one sword strike. Luo Hanshan recognized that Ye Chen had comprehended Sword Intent and warned that Yuan Hengying would seek revenge, while a hidden witness planned to use the killing to bargain with Yuan Hengying.

• Ye Chen found manuals and mysterious pills in a tomb chamber, then killed a disciple who attacked him and took an Earth-Grade Low-Tier Manual.
• Lin Yue blasted through tomb walls while searching for an exit, and Yin Wuqing used Lovesick Mice to find his way out.
• Ye Chen escaped the tomb through an aerial exit and landed near a battle where Yuan Hengkong and two disciples were attacking Luo Hanshan.
• Ye Chen intervened and killed Yuan Hengkong and his two companions with one sword strike, revealing that he had comprehended Sword Intent.
• Luo Hanshan warned Ye Chen that Yuan Hengying would seek revenge, and a hidden witness decided to use the killing as leverage to save himself.

Ye Chen and Luo Hanshan raced to the newly opened Heavenly Dream Battle Hall, where Extinction Divine Light prevented the gathered disciples from entering. As Yuan Hengying searched for his missing brother and killed disciples, he confronted Ye Chen, who denied knowing anything and prepared for a fight.

• After five days of recovery and training, Ye Chen and Luo Hanshan saw the Heavenly Dream Battle Hall open and hurried toward its pillar of seven-colored light.
• Ye Chen killed Young Master Chun with a sword strike as the man threatened Ji Xueyan, who recognized Ye Chen as he passed overhead.
• At the lake beneath the pillar, disciples discovered that Extinction Divine Light disintegrated anyone who entered it, while Zhu Mei and Xu Jing joined Ye Chen and Luo Hanshan.
• More than four hundred surviving disciples gathered, and Yuan Hengying demanded to know where his brother Yuan Hengkong was, killing disciples who could not answer.
• Yuan Hengying accused Ye Chen of being suspicious, but Ye Chen denied seeing Yuan Hengkong and challenged him to act.

Ye Chen and the Flowing Cloud Sect disciples escaped a fight with Yuan Hengying when the seven-colored pillar vanished and descended into the lake toward the Heavenly Dream Battle Hall. They faced Ancient Piranhas underwater, while Ouyang Ming and Ouyang Lie hired Hong Qianjun to kill Ye Chen.

• Luo Hanshan, Zhu Mei, Xu Jing, and Ye Chen prepared to fight Yuan Hengying, but he chose to enter the lake when the seven-colored pillar narrowed and vanished.
• The four Flowing Cloud Sect disciples dived into the lake and endured its increasing pressure as Ye Chen warned them that the water was unusual.
• An Ancient Piranha bit through Ye Chen’s Protective True Qi and blasted him away, but Xu Jing killed it before Ye Chen returned unharmed.
• Ye Chen used Soul Force to detect more Ancient Piranhas and split a school of them with his sword as the group continued diving.
• Ouyang Ming and Ouyang Lie negotiated with Hong Qianjun, who demanded 120,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones to kill Ye Chen.

Ye Chen and the other Flowing Cloud Sect disciples fought their way through swarms of Ancient Piranhas beneath the lake, then faced Hong Qianjun, who had been hired to kill them. Ye Chen revealed his Sword Intent and struck Hong Qianjun, but the assassin survived the opening exchange and their battle continued.

• Nangong Yun and Yuan Xuemei used the Heavenly One Holy Water Art to shield the Southern Luo Sect disciples from the Ancient Piranhas.
• Ye Chen covered Luo Hanshan, Xu Jing, and Zhu Mei as they dived deeper, killing piranhas with the Surging Cloud Swordplay and revealing his Sword Intent to Zhu Mei.
• Hong Qianjun ambushed the four Flowing Cloud Sect disciples and said he had been paid to kill them, while Ouyang Lie and Ouyang Ming watched and planned to finish off any survivors.
• Ye Chen confronted Hong Qianjun, who attacked with the Mountain-Crushing Seal after discovering Ye Chen had comprehended Sword Intent.
• Hong Qianjun shattered Ye Chen’s Sword Qi with his earthy yellow glow, but Ye Chen’s strike sliced away one of his sleeves.

Ye Chen fought Hong Qianjun underwater, countering his powerful attacks and defense while concealing his strength and drawing him into a pursuit. The chapter ended with Ye Chen’s sword carving a huge crack into Hong Qianjun’s illusory city defense, leaving Hong Qianjun terrified by Ye Chen’s abundant True Qi.

• Hong Qianjun attacked Ye Chen with Mountain-Crushing Seals, but Ye Chen’s Mountain-Forming Sword Qi shattered one and struck his Split Earth Seal Territory Art.
• Hong Qianjun’s illusory city defense withstood Ye Chen’s repeated attacks, while Luo Hanshan, Zhu Mei, and Xu Jing worried that Ye Chen would run out of True Qi.
• Ouyang Ming and Ouyang Lie watched the duel and plotted to exploit the fighters if both were badly wounded.
• Hong Qianjun tried to wear Ye Chen down and taunted him about his dwindling True Qi, while Ye Chen claimed he still had enough to kill him.
• Ye Chen evaded Hong Qianjun’s attacks underwater, drew him into a chase, then turned and struck his defense with Mountain-Forming Sword Qi.
• Ye Chen’s sword cut a huge crack into Hong Qianjun’s illusory city, and Hong Qianjun cried out in disbelief at Ye Chen’s remaining True Qi.

Ye Chen defeated and killed Hong Qianjun after breaking through his powerful defensive art with the Heart-Piercing Sword. He then killed Ouyang Ming and Ouyang Lie to prevent them from reporting Hong Qianjun’s death, and the four Flowing Cloud Sect disciples continued toward the Heavenly Dream Battle Hall.

• Hong Qianjun reinforced his Split Earth Seal Territory and tried to wait for Ye Chen’s True Qi to run low while Ye Chen struck the defensive barrier with Mountain-Forming Sword Qi.
• Ye Chen used the Heart-Piercing Sword to shatter Hong Qianjun’s defense and wound him severely.
• Ye Chen rejected Hong Qianjun’s threat and killed him with a sword strike.
• Ye Chen caught Ouyang Ming and Ouyang Lie as they tried to flee, then killed them both.
• Ye Chen told Luo Hanshan, Zhu Mei, and Xu Jing that he had detected the Purple Sun Sect disciples with his Soul Force, and the group headed down toward the Heavenly Dream Battle Hall.

Ye Chen and his companions reached the Heavenly Dream Battle Hall, where he defied Yuan Hengying and gathered a new battle formation to fight the Ancient Mystic Gold Python. After the python fell and the hall opened, white light raised Ye Chen’s cultivation to the peak of the Late True Condensation Realm.

• Ye Chen led Luo Hanshan, Zhu Mei, and Xu Jing toward the palace after sensing a battle near the lakebed.
• Yuan Hengying killed a sect disciple for resisting his orders and tried to force Ye Chen’s group into the front line as cannon fodder.
• Ye Chen refused Yuan Hengying’s command, blocked his Eagle Strikes the Sky attack with Sword Intent, and drew sect disciples into his own battle formation.
• Xue Hen and Lu Zhao stopped Yuan Hengying from continuing the fight so the gathered disciples could focus on defeating the Mystic Gold Python.
• The assembled battle formations killed the Mystic Gold Python, and the Heavenly Dream Battle Hall’s gates opened.
• White light from the hall raised Ye Chen’s cultivation to the peak of the Late True Condensation Realm.

Ye Chen and the other survivors entered the Heavenly Dream Battle Hall and faced escalating trials against white-shadow opponents that reflected their own abilities. As the battles supplied pure Origin Energy as well as testing their strength, Luo Hanshan searched for a way to overcome his opponent while Xu Jing revealed formidable hidden power.

• Ye Chen entered the Heavenly Dream Battle Hall with Luo Hanshan, Zhu Mei, and the others, but the changing palace separated them into enclosed spaces.
• A white shadow modeled on Ye Chen appeared and attacked; he defeated it, while five disciples who failed the first trial were expelled from the hall.
• Ye Chen beat the second-round shadow and realized that fighting transferred pure Origin Energy to him, making the trials both a challenge and a chance to advance.
• After the third round began, Luo Hanshan struggled against a stronger shadow and decided to push the Violet Extreme Technique to its limit.
• Xu Jing fought her opponent to a standstill, unleashed golden energy, and destroyed the white shadow with a decisive punch.

Ye Chen defeated the fourth trial’s Early Primal Origin Realm opponent, and the trial’s vibrating force brought him close to a breakthrough. Outside the Heavenly Dream Battle Hall, Luo Hanshan told the Flowing Cloud Sect elders that Ye Chen had killed Hong Qianjun, while the sect concealed the truth from the Heavy Mountain Gate.

• Ye Chen defeated the white Early Primal Origin Realm figure and gained a powerful vibrating force that improved his physique and accelerated his True Qi circulation.
• Ye Chen found his True Qi vortex beginning to converge into a sphere and realized he was halfway to the Primal Origin Realm.
• Luo Hanshan told the Flowing Cloud Sect Grand Elder that Ye Chen had comprehended Sword Intent and killed Ouyang Lie and Ouyang Ming; he also reported that Zhu Mei and Xu Jing were still in the trials.
• The Purple Sun Sect elders worried about Ye Chen and suspected Ouyang Lie and Ouyang Ming might have failed to kill Luo Hanshan.
• A Heavy Mountain Gate disciple reported that Hong Qianjun had not emerged, and the Grand Elder threatened revenge if Hong Qianjun had been killed.
• Luo Hanshan privately told the Flowing Cloud Sect Grand Elder that Ye Chen had killed Hong Qianjun, and the Grand Elder ordered him to keep the matter secret from everyone else.

Several Heavenly Wind Kingdom disciples advanced into the Primal Origin Realm, while Lin Qi also comprehended Blade Intent before being defeated in the sixth test. Ye Chen endured a thousand-move battle and finally broke through, becoming the last Heavenly Wind Kingdom disciple still inside the Heavenly Dream Battle Hall.

• Young Master North Snow, Qin Yulian, and Xu Jing advanced into the Primal Origin Realm, while Zhu Mei was eliminated.
• Xu Jing told Luo Hanshan and the elders that she had advanced but failed the sixth-round test, and they discussed how Ye Chen and Lin Qi were faring.
• Lin Qi comprehended Blade Intent, advanced into the Early Primal Origin Realm, and was defeated in the sixth round before being teleported out.
• The Purple Sun Sect's Grand Elder ordered his men to kill Flowing Cloud Sect's major disciples after concluding that Ouyang Lie and Ouyang Ming were likely dead.
• Yuan Hengying reached the Early Primal Origin Realm Peak and vowed to slaughter Flowing Cloud Sect disciples, while Zhuang Fei also advanced to that peak.
• Ye Chen defeated the white silhouette after a thousand moves, and his True Qi spiral formed as he advanced into the Primal Origin Realm.

Ye Chen passed the Heavenly Dream Battle Hall’s trials, though his Cloudshadow Sword shattered when he fought the sixth-round opponent, a Late Primal Origin Realm figure. He entered a passage in search of the three treasures, while several other experts also passed the trials, and a sudden fluctuation led him toward a lower level.

• Ye Chen tested Hundred Swords Unleashed and found that his Pure Jun True Qi could threaten even Early Primal Origin Realm Peak martial artists.
• Ye Chen fought a Late Primal Origin Realm figure, broke its energy sword with Supreme Surging Cloud, and lost the Cloudshadow Sword to the battle.
• The figure returned to the Crystal Ball, revealing four doors; Ye Chen realized he had passed every trial and entered a passage to seek the treasures.
• Jiu Wuxue, Yuan Hengying, Demon Prince Leng Wuqing, and Zhuang Fei also passed all the trials, while Xue Hen did not.
• After traveling through many rooms, Ye Chen sensed a fluctuation from below and headed toward the room’s passage to the next level.

Ye Chen and Leng Wuqing crossed a chamber of shifting floor spikes and broke the protective sphere around an Earth-Grade Mid-Tier palm technique manual. Ye Chen kept the original and offered to recite its contents to Leng Wuqing in exchange for the bundle of items, worth roughly seventy-three thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.

• Ye Chen discovered deadly floor and wall mechanisms guarding a dark red secret manual, then agreed with Leng Wuqing to avoid fighting and trade any manual that did not suit the other.
• Ye Chen and Leng Wuqing cautiously crossed the chamber and climbed the central pillar after their attempts to pull down the sphere failed.
• Ye Chen and Leng Wuqing attacked the sphere together, and Ye Chen seized the palm technique manual when it shattered.
• Ye Chen revealed that the manual was an Earth-Grade Mid-Tier palm technique, and Leng Wuqing gave him a bundle of weapons, manuals, bombs, and herbs.
• Ye Chen explained that the manual was worth more than the bundle and proposed reciting its contents while keeping the original, which Leng Wuqing accepted.

Ye Chen found a second secret manual in the Heavenly Dream Battle Hall, but Zhuang Fei attacked him to claim it. The chapter ended with Ye Chen confronting Zhuang Fei on the floating platform.

• Leng Wuqing memorized the palm technique manual and left the room, refusing Ye Chen's offer to join forces.
• Jiu Wuxue defeated Yuan Hengying in a fight over a Treasure Saber, claimed the blade, and left the Heavenly Dream Battle Hall.
• Ye Chen wandered through the maze-like halls until his senses led him to a room containing a dark golden secret manual.
• Ye Chen avoided the room's mechanisms, climbed onto the floating platform, and was attacked by Zhuang Fei.
• Ye Chen blocked Zhuang Fei's palm strike with his Iron Spear, and Zhuang Fei demanded the secret manual.

Ye Chen claimed the Grand Dark Art manual and fought Zhuang Fei inside the Heavenly Dream Battle Hall, where his spear and Sword Intent overcame Zhuang Fei’s techniques. Yuan Hengying appeared as Zhuang Fei called for help, and the two considered joining forces against Ye Chen.

• Ye Chen took the Grand Dark Art manual after piercing its protective light sphere and recognized its potential to let him refine True Essence before reaching the Star Extremity Realm.
• Zhuang Fei attacked Ye Chen with the Heavenly Emerald Palm and Emerald Shadow Floating Light, but Ye Chen broke his attacks and countered with a crimson Wind Tornado.
• Outside the Heavenly Dream Battle Hall, the sects discussed Hong Qianjun’s death and worried that Ye Chen and the others might have passed all the trials to claim its three treasures.
• Zhuang Fei used the Mountain and Water Great Law against Ye Chen, but Ye Chen shattered his mountain phantom and wounded him.
• Yuan Hengying appeared, and Zhuang Fei proposed that they join forces against Ye Chen.